Letter, 13 December 1864, of E. Cassell, Greenville C[ourt] H[ouse], to J[ames] E[arle] Hagood, seeks legal counsel in protecting his property from the claims of a woman alleging that Cassell was the father of a "grass Colte" or illegitimate child.

Cassell asserts "I never had no deeling with her," but threatens if Hagood could not help him "I will pile it up in a pile and burn it beefore it shal gow that way."